The tourist group of Igor Dyatlov, who died under unexplained circumstances on the night of 1 to 2 February 1959 in the Northern Urals in the vicinity of Mount Otorten, could carry out the assignment of the USSR State Security Committee (KGB). The head of the public fund "In memory of the Dyatlov group" Yuri Kuntsevich told TASS about this. Data on the connections of tourists with the KGB, according to the researcher, were obtained recently.
“It turned out that there were two KGB officers in Dyatlov's group. Perhaps they were on a mission to support a technogenic experiment. The tourists had a large load of photographic equipment with them, which is absolutely not typical of hikes of the highest category, when you need to lighten the load as much as possible, said Kuntsevich.
According to him, the tour group had the task of being on Mount Otorten (translated from Mansi as the mountain of "Dead" - approx. TASS) at a certain time, so the "Dyatlovites" deliberately went out on a hike after lunch, hid the food and went light. “Most likely, the tourists got to their destination and waited for the technogenic moment, which, apparently, should have been filmed. But it did not go as planned, in an abnormal mode, which, possibly, caused the death of the group. They, of course, bravely held on to the last, did not run away, did not panic, "the researcher added.
Unknown data
In favor of this version, according to Kuntsevich, it is also said that out of ten films from all cameras, only four remained, the fate of the rest is unknown. “One of the films shows a trace of a technogenic phenomenon - a luminous ball. In addition, each of the "Dyatlovites" kept a diary, of which only 3-4 have survived. All this confirms the connection with the KGB: they were not just tourists, but they were specially sent to the pass. This fact is confirmed by the travel certificate of the group leader,”said Kuntsevich.
The new data will be included in the almanac, which Kuntsevich and his colleagues plan to publish in late August - early September. “We have already sent it to the press, but we plan to present it at the beginning of the academic year, the almanac will consist of two volumes, and there will be a separate album with photographs - more than 1,000 pages in total. This edition will help to discard all unnecessary or fantastic versions, for example, the mystical or the attack of the Bigfoot,”the scientist said.
He added that the fund plans to re-apply to the investigating authorities to reopen the investigation into the death of the group, as well as to the FSB archives to obtain missing data that can confirm the version of a man-made disaster.
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On July 19, in Solikamsk (Perm Territory), a memorial plaque was erected to the tenth surviving member of the Dyatlov group, Yuri Yudin. During the campaign, he dropped out of the group due to acute pain in his leg, making him the only one of the group who survived. He was the first to identify the personal belongings of the victims. Until his last days, he maintained close contact with researchers of the causes of death of the Dyatlov group.
The history of the Dyatlov group
The pass was named in honor of Igor Dyatlov, the leader of the expedition planning to climb to a height of 1079 in the Subpolar Urals. On the night of 1 to 2 February 1959, at a pass in the vicinity of Mount Otorten, Dyatlov and eight members of his group died under unexplained circumstances. The people were found frozen, with multiple injuries, without outer clothing and shoes. Over the years, dozens of versions of what happened have appeared, up to completely fantastic - an attack by a Bigfoot and a meeting with aliens.
According to the official forensic data, most of the tourists froze, but some were found to have serious injuries that caused death. Various versions of the incident were worked out, including the collapse of snow on the tent, the attack of fugitive prisoners, death at the hands of the indigenous people of Mansi, a quarrel between tourists.
The fund "In memory of the Dyatlov group" has officially existed since July 2000. In recent years, he continues to conduct his own investigation into the causes of the death of the "Dyatlovites", constantly replenishing the archive with new information from the first hand from friends, participants in the search and other witnesses who have been silent for many years. The Foundation has created an accumulative archive of characteristics of members of the Dyatlov group - according to the words of their friends and relatives.